Anthony de Mello (cricket administrator)

Anthony de Mello
Personal information
Born	11 October 1900; Karachi, Bombay Presidency,; British India
Died	24 May 1961 (aged 60); Delhi, India
Bowling	Right-handed medium pace
Career statistics
Matches	11
Runs scored	82
Batting average	5.12
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	15
Balls bowled	1350
Wickets	17
Bowling average	38.23
5 wickets in innings	1
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	6/66
Catches/stumpings	2/0
	Source: CricketArchive
6th President of BCCI
	In office; 1946–1951
Preceded by	P. Subbarayan
Succeeded by	J. C. Mukherji

Anthony Stanislaus de Mello (11 October 1900 – 24 May 1961) was an Indian cricket administrator and one of the founders of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).^[2]^[3]^[4] He also helped launch the Asian Games as the chairman of the organising committee for the first Asian Games in Delhi.^[3]^[5]^[6]^[4]

^ "The doyen of Indian cricket". Saligao Serenade. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Pakistan's Goa Connections". The Times of India. 3 November 2016. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 April 2023. It is interesting to note the dynamic founder of the Cricket Club of India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and the Asian Games was a Karachi Goan (and Cambridge graduate) Anthony de Mello.
^ ^a ^b Mehta, Nalin; Majumdar, Boria (19 September 2014). "Soft power, hard battles: Inventing the Asian Games is a forgotten facet of the Nehruvian idea of India". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 April 2023. De Mello organised the inaugural Asiad, apart from founding BCCI.
^ ^a ^b Menezes, Vivek (13 August 2022). "The Karachi connection:75 Years of being Goan in Pakistan". O Heraldo. Retrieved 26 April 2023. It was Anthony de Mello of Saligao and Karachi who founded the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) and Cricket Club of India, and also chaired the organizing committee that established the Asian Games.
^ "1951: First Asian Games In India". Outlook. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Writing in 1959, Anthony de Mello, the main organizer of the 1951 Asiad ....
^ Mehta, Nalin (18 September 2014). "The story of how an Asiad remade a city". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Invitations were sent in 1949, but Delhi didn't have a proper stadium, equipment or an athletics track. In stepped BCCI founder Anthony de Mello who took over the organising committee and loaned Rs 1 lakh from his National Sports Club of India alongside funds from Bombay's Cricket Club of India.

[HT-1] "The doyen of Indian cricket". Saligao Serenade. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[:0-2] "Pakistan's Goa Connections". The Times of India. 3 November 2016. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 April 2023. It is interesting to note the dynamic founder of the Cricket Club of India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and the Asian Games was a Karachi Goan (and Cambridge graduate) Anthony de Mello.

[:1-3] Mehta, Nalin; Majumdar, Boria (19 September 2014). "Soft power, hard battles: Inventing the Asian Games is a forgotten facet of the Nehruvian idea of India". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 April 2023. De Mello organised the inaugural Asiad, apart from founding BCCI.

[:2-4] Menezes, Vivek (13 August 2022). "The Karachi connection:75 Years of being Goan in Pakistan". O Heraldo. Retrieved 26 April 2023. It was Anthony de Mello of Saligao and Karachi who founded the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) and Cricket Club of India, and also chaired the organizing committee that established the Asian Games.

[5] "1951: First Asian Games In India". Outlook. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Writing in 1959, Anthony de Mello, the main organizer of the 1951 Asiad ....

[6] Mehta, Nalin (18 September 2014). "The story of how an Asiad remade a city". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Invitations were sent in 1949, but Delhi didn't have a proper stadium, equipment or an athletics track. In stepped BCCI founder Anthony de Mello who took over the organising committee and loaned Rs 1 lakh from his National Sports Club of India alongside funds from Bombay's Cricket Club of India.

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